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Park Center, Colorado Weather

Monsoon storms drench the south. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Park Center weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Park Center, CO
Sunday, July 5 at 1:45 AM
70
°
Clear
Feels like
64°
Humidity
33%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
11:42 PM
Sunset
2:28 PM
Park Center, CO
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPark Center, CO: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 96 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 64°H 96°
Park Center, CO
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    96°64°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    97°66°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Rain
    66%
    0.08″
    99°66°+2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    45%
    100°64°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    42%
    96°63°-4°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    25%
    96°63°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Clear
    99°65°+3°
Park Center, CO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
102° · veering 171°
Direction
ESE
102°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 9
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 9 · pk 29 @ 6:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 177SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 171° from the ese.
Park Center, CO
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
837.0
+1.2 mb in 3h · rising · 24.72 inHg
Now
837.0
mb
3h
+1.2
mb
12h
-1.0
mb
24h
+5.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 832841
825830835840845-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW840.5831.6837.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Park Center, CO
Air quality
143
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
-23 in 6hPeak ~152 @ 12 PM

AQI 143 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 23 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 100.4 µg/m³ (AQI 182) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion, especially during the projected peak around 12 PM.

PM 2.5DRIVERUnhealthy
100.4μg/m³
PM 10Moderate
106μg/m³
NO₂Moderate
34μg/m³
OzoneModerate
86μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 41 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 13 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 41
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 13

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 100.4 µg/m³ (AQI 182) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.95
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Park Center, CO
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
109.1mi
UNLIMITED
185 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
07:45 UTC · Park Center, CO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
07:45 UTC · Park Center, CO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Park Center, CO
Satellite · infrared · animated
Park Center, CO
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Park Center, CO
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:12 AM
Sunrise
11:42 PM
Daylight
14h 46m
Sunset
2:28 PM
Civil dusk
9:00 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Park Center, CO
The moon
Waning Gibbous
75% illuminated
Moonrise
11:19 PM
Moonset
11:16 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Park Center, CO
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Monsoon storms drench the south

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Park Center at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Park Center

  1. Sun95°64°9%
  2. Mon97°66°4%
  3. Tue99°66°66%
  4. Wed100°64°45%
  5. Thu96°63°42%
  6. Fri96°63°25%
  7. Sat99°65°7%
  8. Sun95°67°3%
  9. Mon102°67°6%
  10. Tue104°70°17%
  11. Wed104°68°30%
  12. Thu98°67°42%
  13. Fri97°65°42%
  14. Sat97°68°48%
  15. Sun99°69°54%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Park Center

SPC includes Park Center in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Park Center

  • 81212

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.